RE: Again....But it's never the guns!
December 18, 2012 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2012 at 10:23 am by Jaysyn.)
(December 18, 2012 at 9:39 am)Napoléon Wrote: All I think is needed is more regulation. And yes, I'll say it, limits to who can purchase guns. IMO the average citizen really doesn't need a gun, which has the sole purpose of killing things.
In the USA we already deny gun ownership to felons & people with a history of mental illness. I'm an average citizen (non-LEO, non-military) & have already demonstrated a need for a firearm around my house. To add to that anecdote I also personally know (as in went to high school with them) someone who shot & killed an armed intruder during a home invasion.
So exactly who makes that decision? Please keep in mind two things.
1.) In the USA by default all people are considered equal in respect to what they can & can't own. Changing this would require a Constitutional Amendment & you aren't going to be able to get 2/3rds of the population behind that.
2.) People who actually want to use said firearms to commit criminal acts by definition don't care about your laws to start with.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
